Food Retail — Emissions in Canada
Canada: Food Retail — Emissions was 0.0215 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling
Food Retail — Emissions in Canada, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Canada recorded 0.0215 kt for food retail — emissions in 2023.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in Canada peaked at 0.0311 kt in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.0209 kt, in 2021.
That places Canada 34th out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Food Retail — Emissions in Canada, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0251 kt | — |
| 1991 | 0.0257 kt | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0257 kt | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0238 kt | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0239 kt | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0245 kt | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0249 kt | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0283 kt | +13.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0306 kt | +8.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0311 kt | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0241 kt | -22.5% |
| 2001 | 0.026 kt | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0276 kt | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0292 kt | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0288 kt | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0294 kt | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0284 kt | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0295 kt | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0271 kt | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0268 kt | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.027 kt | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.025 kt | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0245 kt | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0222 kt | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0232 kt | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 0.023 kt | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0228 kt | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0243 kt | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0216 kt | -11.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0221 kt | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0212 kt | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0209 kt | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0214 kt | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0215 kt | +0.6% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.0215 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0033 kt, 6.5× the median. (61 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0264 kt | 0.0238 kt | 0.0311 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0277 kt | 0.0241 kt | 0.0295 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0236 kt | 0.0216 kt | 0.027 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0213 kt | 0.0209 kt | 0.0215 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 31 Spain 0.0234 kt compare
- 31 Caribbean 0.0229 kt compare
- 32 Côte d'Ivoire 0.013 kt compare
- 32 Sudan (former) 0.023 kt compare
- 33 Cabo Verde 0.0002 kt compare
- 33 Guatemala 0.023 kt compare
- 35 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.0203 kt compare
- 36 Chile 0.018 kt compare
- 37 Argentina 0.0179 kt compare
More climate change data for Canada
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 2.27 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 44,359 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 9,631 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 34,728 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 36.34 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,240 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 17,229 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 16,823 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 406.39 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 63.48 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — emissions in Canada?
- Food retail — emissions in Canada was 0.0215 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0311 kt in 1999.
- What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0209 kt in 2021.
- How does Canada rank for food retail — emissions?
- Canada ranks 34th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Retail — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.